Competitive Information for Meganium [X/Y]
Grass
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Meganium? These builds have been optimized for Pokemon competing in X/Y Single Battles. The movesets and EVs have been specifically calibrated to deal the most amount of damage to the largest group of potentially common opponents and typing threats for the X/Y generation metagame.
Meganium is a marvelous Grass-typed Pokemon. Meganium are common Pokemon to see in the XY metagame. Meganium is weak to Bug, Fire, Flying, Ice, and Poison-typed attacks.
Item: Shell Bell / Life Orb
Ability: Leaf Guard
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Petal Blizzard / Seed Bomb
- Double-Edge / Return
- Outrage / Dragon Tail
- Earthquake / Bulldoze
Physical Sweeper Meganium (Leaf Guard)
Meganium is a fabulous Physical Sweeper. It is primarily designed to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Life Orb boosts the power of Meganium's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Leaf Guard, if sunny day is active Meganium cannot be statused and rest will fail for it.
♦ Seed Bomb is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Grass-type move that deals a hefty amount of damage.
♦ Double-Edge is a physical 120-base power Normal-type move (has 33% recoil).
♦ Return is a physical 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at maximum happiness).
♦ Outrage is a physical 120-base power Dragon-type move (lasts 2-3 turns. confuses your Meganium afterwards).
♦ Dragon Tail is a physical 60-base power Dragon-type move (forces the target to switch to a random ally).
♦ Earthquake is a physical 100-base power Ground-type move (hits adjacent pokemon).
♦ Bulldoze is a physical 60-base power Ground-type move (100% chance lower adjacent pkmn speed by 1 stage).
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Item: Life Orb / Choice Specs
Ability: Leaf Guard
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Petal Dance / Leaf Storm
- Hyper Beam / Round
- Ancient Power
- Mud-Slap
Special Sweeper Meganium (Leaf Guard)
Meganium is a pretty decent Special Sweeper. It's primary goal is to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Choice Specs will increase the damage of Meganium's special moves by 1.5x but will lock you into the first move you pick. Life Orb boosts the power of Meganium's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Leaf Guard, if sunny day is active Meganium cannot be statused and rest will fail for it.
♦ Leaf Storm is a special STAB-boosted 130-base power Grass-type move (lowers your Meganium's special attack by 2 stages).
♦ Hyper Beam is a special 150-base power Normal-type move (Meganium cannot move next turn).
♦ Round is a special 60-base power Normal-type move (power doubles if others used round this turn).
♦ Ancient Power is a special 60-base power Rock-type move (10% chance to raise all stats by 1 stage (not acc/eva)).
♦ Mud-Slap is a special 20-base power Ground-type move (100% chance to lower the target's accuracy by 1 stage).
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Item: Life Orb
Ability: Overgrow
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 20 Hp / 235 Atk / 1 SpD / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Dragon Tail
- Seed Bomb
- Sunny Day
- Earthquake
Meganium Physical Sweeper (Best Set Evah)
Meganium is an astounding Physical Sweeper. It's designed to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Life Orb boosts the power of Meganium's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Overgrow, at 1/3 or less of its max hp Meganium's attacking stat is 1.5x with grass attacks.
♦ Seed Bomb is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Grass-type move that deals a nice amount of damage.
♦ Sunny Day is a status move (for 5 turns, intense sunlight powers fire moves).
♦ Earthquake is a physical 100-base power Ground-type move (hits adjacent pokemon).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Meganium? These builds have been optimized for X/Y Double Battles. They have movesets and EVs specifically calibrated to generally work best versus multiple Pokemon at once as well as helping to support other team members and allys in the X/Y generation metagame.
Item: Shell Bell / Life Orb
Ability: Leaf Guard
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Razor Leaf / Petal Blizzard
- Earthquake / Bulldoze
- Double-Edge / Return
- Outrage / Dragon Tail
Doubles Physical Sweeper Meganium (Leaf Guard)
Meganium is a remarkable Physical Sweeper. It tries to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Life Orb boosts the power of Meganium's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Leaf Guard, if sunny day is active Meganium cannot be statused and rest will fail for it.
♦ Petal Blizzard is a physical STAB-boosted 90-base power Grass-type move (no additional effect. hits adjacent pokemon).
♦ Earthquake is a physical 100-base power Ground-type move (hits adjacent pokemon).
♦ Bulldoze is a physical 60-base power Ground-type move (100% chance lower adjacent pkmn speed by 1 stage).
♦ Double-Edge is a physical 120-base power Normal-type move (has 33% recoil).
♦ Return is a physical 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at maximum happiness).
♦ Outrage is a physical 120-base power Dragon-type move (lasts 2-3 turns. confuses your Meganium afterwards).
♦ Dragon Tail is a physical 60-base power Dragon-type move (forces the target to switch to a random ally).
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Item: Life Orb / Choice Specs
Ability: Leaf Guard
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Petal Dance / Leaf Storm
- Hyper Beam / Round
- Ancient Power
- Mud-Slap
Doubles Special Sweeper Meganium (Leaf Guard)
Meganium is an outstanding Special Sweeper. It's meant to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Choice Specs will increase the damage of Meganium's special moves by 1.5x but will lock you into the first move you pick. Life Orb boosts the power of Meganium's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Leaf Guard, if sunny day is active Meganium cannot be statused and rest will fail for it.
♦ Leaf Storm is a special STAB-boosted 130-base power Grass-type move (lowers your Meganium's special attack by 2 stages).
♦ Hyper Beam is a special 150-base power Normal-type move (Meganium cannot move next turn).
♦ Round is a special 60-base power Normal-type move (power doubles if others used round this turn).
♦ Ancient Power is a special 60-base power Rock-type move (10% chance to raise all stats by 1 stage (not acc/eva)).
♦ Mud-Slap is a special 20-base power Ground-type move (100% chance to lower the target's accuracy by 1 stage).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Meganium learn? Here is the list of moves this Pokemon can learn in this selected generation.
Sort and organize the learnset by move type, category, accuracy, and power. Bolded moves will gain the same-type attack bonus (STAB) if this Pokemon uses them.
Damage Modifiers:
Combo List
These are a list of several common move combinations Meganium can perform in X/Y. Not every combo going to be game-changing, but some can be pretty fun to play with. Sometimes these can be easily overlooked or forgotten, hence why we find and list them here. Discover what items, abilities, and moves this Pokemon can use in combination with each other to gain a strategic advantage in competitive battles.
Competitive XY Move and Ability Combos for Meganium
- Moves: Sunny day + Solar beam
- Moves: Safeguard + Outrage
- Moves: Safeguard + Petal dance
- Moves: Endure + Flail
- Moves: Grassy terrain + Secret power
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- Moves: Substitute + Leech seed
- Moves: Ingrain + Leech seed
- Moves: Toxic + Leech seed
- Ability: Overgrow + Item: Focus sash
- Move: Swagger + Item: Mirror Herb
- Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
- Moves with Priority: Endure, Magic Coat, Protect
- Moves that inflict status: Toxic
Moves that boost Meganium's stats
- Ancient Power
- Swords Dance
Most notable and possible best moves for Meganium
- Earthquake
- Frenzy Plant
- Light Screen
- Protect
- Reflect
- Rest
- Toxic
Common Effort Values for Meganium in X and Y
- Adamant Nature ( 0/252/0/0/0/252 )
- Modest Nature ( 0/0/0/252/0/252 )
- Optimize Meganium's EV spread for Pokemon X and Y
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